Offered in cargo- and passenger-carrying forms, the front-wheel-drive Transit Connect is Ford’s compact van. The long-wheelbase passenger version has three rows and room for up to seven people.

Now based on the long-wheelbase Ford Transit Connect Passenger Wagon rather than the smaller and now-discontinued Nissan NV200, "this bird you cannot change" has, uh, changed—for the better.

The Transit Connect returns mostly unchanged for the model year, still offering both passenger and cargo configurations plus regular and long-wheelbase versions for seating for up to seven, a minivan ...